{"id":37956,"date":"2022-10-05T02:47:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T08:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortezs-thayer-plewe-surges-in-round-2-to-win-colorados-3a-golf-title\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:41:10","slug":"cortezs-thayer-plewe-surges-in-round-2-to-win-colorados-3a-golf-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortezs-thayer-plewe-surges-in-round-2-to-win-colorados-3a-golf-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez\u2019s Thayer Plewe surges in Round 2 to win Colorado\u2019s 3A golf title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Montezuma-Cortez senior golfer Thayer Plewe participates in the CHSAA\/Denver Broncos Media Day on Monday in Denver. (Gabe Christus\/Denver Broncos)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Third time\u2019s a charm.<\/p>\n

Standing on the 18th green at the Pinehurst Country Club in Denver, Montezuma-Cortez High School senior Thayer Plewe put two close calls from 2020 and 2021 behind him.<\/p>\n

Plewe stepped over his final putt, like he had thousands of times in his life. And like so many times before, the southpaw used a smooth stroke, and watched his putt drop in to the bottom of the cup.<\/p>\n

This putt, however, meant a little bit more.<\/p>\n

Thayer Plewe, in the final stroke of his high school career, can add the title of 2022 3A boys golf state champion, the lone accolade previously missing from an incredible M-CHS career.<\/p>\n

For most of the Tuesday\u2019s round, Plewe found himself threaded in the middle of a tight race with Round 1 leader Clint Summers of Resurrection Christian and Ryan Woodley of Liberty Common.<\/p>\n

After entering the second round trailing by a single stroke, Plewe tied up Summers on the par-four seventh hole, the second of a back-to-back birdie stretch for Plewe. One hole later, Plewe took the lead for the first time \u2013 and he wouldn\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n

Plewe opened the back nine with a birdie on the par-four 10th, but the lead hovered at two strokes after Summers birdied 14 and 15 to keep applying pressure on the M-CHS senior.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Plewe found himself chasing in the final few holes, only to watch his title dream slip away. This time, the Panther sat in the driver\u2019s seat, and make the par-5 16th hole his decisive move.<\/p>\n

Sitting on the fringe facing his third shot, Plewe pulled out his putter, traversing the green with a ranging putt that found the cup for an eagle. With that, the lead ballooned to four strokes, allowing Plewe to comfortably finish out the final two holes.<\/p>\n

Plewe finished in style, birdieing the final two holes as well to shoot a scorching 29 on the back nine, and a 64 in Round 2. His combined score of 134 (-6) won the title by five strokes over Summers \u2013 the first Panther to win the crown since Shea Sena did 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

In the decisive victory, Plewe also led the Panthers\u2019 surge up the leaderboard on Tuesday, as all four M-CHS golfers improved their scores to post a team total of 226 in Round 2, which moved them from ninth to seventh in the final standings. Their Round 2 score proved to be the fourth-best team score on Tuesday, and only five strokes off the best single-day total for any team over the whole tournament.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Vince Lopez improved from 25th as a freshman to a tie for 20th in his second state tournament, riding a back-nine 37 to finish with a Round 2 76 (+6). His two-day total of 155 included five birdies over the 36 holes, as he climbed the leaderboard 10 spots over his solid second round.<\/p>\n

Junior Airoughn VanGrandt put together his best stretch of golf over the final seven holes on Tuesday, parring five to finish with an 86 \u2013 a five-stroke improvement over day one. Classmate Kaden Huff posted a 41 in his opening nine holes to also see an improvement, as he finished just two strokes behind VanGrandt in the overall standings with a total of 179. The duo finished 67th and 68th individually to round out the Panthers\u2019 performances.<\/p>\n

Vail Mountain (445) staved off Resurrection Christian (446) to go wire-to-wire for the team title, while M-CHS (466) edged past Basalt (467) and Holy Family (471) on day two to take their third consecutive top-eight finish at state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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